Box Score Espanola, NM-The Cowgirls traveled to Espanola to take on Northern New Mexico College tonight, Tuesday, November 12th, and came out on top with a decisive 69-47 victory. The Cowgirls, led by Head Coach Tiffany Darling, are now 2-0 on the young season.
Sophomore guard,
Michelle Traynham, exploded for 35 points on 11 of 20 shooting from the field and 7-14 from the 3 point line. Traynham narrowly missed a double double by pulling down 8 rebounds. She had 2 steals and 0 turnovers in 26 minutes of action.
Darling on Traynham's stand out performance, "She shot the ball exceptionally well. But what I am most impressed with was her effort on the boards and not committing a single turnover. She's starting to mature into a well rounded player."
The 1st half of action the Cowgirls played stifling defense, limiting the Eagles to 14 points on 3 of 28 shooting (10%) from the field and 0 for 8 from the 3 point line.
The Cowgirls let up defensively out of half time, giving up 33 points in the 2nd half. Coach Darling was very unimpressed with her team's defensive effort in the final 20 minutes. "We came out of the locker room flat. We played content. There was no sense of urgency on the defensive end. Our pursuit on the glass was poor." She continued, "We didn't pay attention to detail on the offensive end and were careless with our passing and execution in the 2nd half." said Darling.
The Cowgirls outrebounded the Eagles 59-35, but committed 24 turnovers. Darling on the Cowgirls turnovers, "We need to cut our turnovers way down. As we get settled in to the way we want to play, we will improve our decision making despite playing at such a fast pace. We will continue to push the tempo, that's not going to change."
The Cowgirls only other double figure scorer was junior guard
Jenny Johnson. She had 10 points on 4 of 5 shooting and recorded 4 rebounds and 4 steals in 21 minutes of playing time.
The Cowgirls have a break in action until they host the University of the Southwest at the John A. Wilson Complex on November 21st.
GO COWGIRLS!!!
